Verbal Communications 2MOCK
16880 KENNEDY ROAD
LOS GATOS, CA 95032
S59 STEP BACK CODE MODIFICATION
TO: TOWN OF LOS GATOS
FROM: JAY PLETT ARCHITECT
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR AVAILABILITIES TO MEET WITH
PATRICK AND I.
WE WOULD ASK THAT AT YOUR NEXT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
MEETING, YOU WOULD MODIFY THE SB 9 STEP BACK RULE TO
INCLUDE ATTACHED COVERED PORCH STRUCTURES. WE ARE
PROVIDING ILLUSTRATIONS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE -
ATTACHED.
WE BELIEVE THIS CHANGE WILL ENSURE THE INTENT OF THE STEP
BACK RULE BY PROVIDING NEIGHBOR PRIVACY AND AT THE
SAME TIME PROVIDE FOR MORE CREATIVE OPTIONS FOR
ARCHITECTS AND TOWN RESIDENTS TO MEET THEIR DESIGN AND
AESTHETIC CONCERNS - AND, NOT JUST FOR THE HOMEOWNER,
BUT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
I'VE SPOKEN EXTENSIVELY UJITH RYAN SAFTY OF THE PLANNING
DEPARTMENT - WHO HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY HELPFUL -
AND IT IS HIS POSITION THIS WOULD BE A MINOR MODIFICATION
TO HOW THE TOWN ADMINISTERS S59 COMPLIANCE AND A
SIMPLE PROCESS OF AMENDING THE EXISTING CODE. I WOULD
HAVE TO DEFER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROCESS TO STAFF.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND INTEREST IN THIS
MATTER.
RES ECTFULLY,
til*as4re
JAY PLETT